Youth Ministry
Whether you're paid or volunteering, starting something from scratch or growing what you have, we have a range of resources and initiatives that you can tap into. Scroll down to learn more about the diocese support team, our current initiatives and find recommended resources that can boost your work with young people.
The team that supports children and youth ministry in the Diocese of London has a wide range of skills. We are all passionate about working with young people and we aim to support the Diocese as best we can within each role. Get in touch via email at youth@nulllondon.anglican.org.
Sam Donoghue
Head of Children and Youth Ministry Support
Katie O’Conor
Children’s Ministry Advisor, Apprenticeship Program Coordinator
James Fawcett
Youth Ministry Advisor
Alex Taylor
Children and Youth
Ministry Trainer
Kathryn Kane
Schools Ministry Advisor
Jenny Barnard
Project Manager, Capital Youth
Levi Phillips
Creative Lead, Capital Youth
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Connecting with those wanting to involve young people in their churches is something we enjoy and find useful in our roles. Invite us to speak at a Synod, Chapter or Youth Workers’ meeting and we’ll share what’s going on around the diocese and listen to what your churches are hoping to do.
We organise seminars, events and training courses throughout the year that address a wide variety of topics relevant to youth ministry. See everything coming up and book onto a session on Eventbrite.
One of the most valuable things we can provide is a brain to pick! The Diocese of London has partnered with CONCRETE to provide free consultancy on engaging young people. CONCRETE is a youth ministry organisation with a specialism in urban areas; meaning they are suitably equipped to support our Diocese. Founder James Fawcett has been working with young people full-time for the last 15 years in a variety of contexts and for the last 10 of them in the east end of London, Tower Hamlets.
We can support you in recruiting the right person for your community and helping them settle in. Whatever stage you’re at in the process, feel free to contact us.
Things we can help with include:
If your vacancy is already online, you can submit your vacancy to be displayed on the Diocese jobs page.
Make sure you’re aware of our Apprenticeship Scheme below, which is a great opportunity to train someone from within your parish.
Check the vacancies page (look under Children’s Ministry as well as Youth), or find out more about our Apprenticeship Scheme below. Some churches in our Diocese do not submit their job vacancies to our jobs page, so keep an eye out on social media.
Get in touch via email at youth@nulllondon.anglican.org
Capital Youth is an opportunity for our Diocese to explore together what it looks like to welcome, listen to and engage young people in our communities, with an increased focus on evangelism and discipleship within our youth work.
Click below to find out everything about Capital Youth, what’s happening and how you can get involved.
The Spark Fund helps 12-25s in the Diocese of London run a missional project.
We’re looking for young people to come up with innovative ways to help their friends explore the Christian faith. The idea could be anything; an organised event, online media channel or something else entirely.
We are working with parishes across the Diocese of London to train a new generation of children and youth workers from within our communities.
With funding support from the BLMF, Apprentices are employed by the Diocese and work within a parish for three years, enabling parishes to significantly expand or develop their youth and children’s ministry. We have four funded places available each year.
Confirmed is a new course from the Youth Minster team at Christ Church W4, revolving around a badge collection system (similar to Scouts). The course presents key Christian disciplines in a way that young people can easily understand and try for themselves.
This free resource pack gives you everything you need to run the course, including print and slide templates, cheat sheets and instructions for ordering the badges. There is no charge for the resource pack but you’ll need to pay for your own badges. Download the course below.
“I am delighted at the work that the youth team at Christ Church W4 has already done as one of the Youth Minsters in the diocese. They have pioneered a number of initiatives, such as the Confirmed course, and my hope is that this can begin to be of value to other churches as they develop their own ministry among young people.”
– Bishop Graham Tomlin
YOUCAT is the Catechism of the Catholic Churches for adolescents and young people. The most important contents of the faith are summarised briefly and comprehensibly in the format of questions and answers. The confirmation book inspires young people to learn the contents of the faith in preparation for their confirmation.
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